When they're working, they look great and they improve battery life. Look, the MacBook Pro got them in 2007 and the MacBook Air got them in January. With time comes improvements. LED screens are part of Apple's promise to become a Greener Apple and eventually ALL computers will use them or a similar technology. I expect to see them.
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NVIDIA Powered MacBooks on October 14th?
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When they're working, they look great and they improve battery life. Look, the MacBook Pro got them in 2007 and the MacBook Air got them in January. With time comes improvements. LED screens are part of Apple's promise to become a Greener Apple and eventually ALL computers will use them or a similar technology. I expect to see them.
I can't seem to find the showdown with the GeForce 8200, 780G, and G35.
I believe that the 8200 had 128 MB of GDDR3 on the motherboard.
One thing that absolutely needs to be fixed on the Macbook (and if they merge the product lines, I'm hopeful that they will) is to replace the TN flat panel with an IPS flat panel. The poor viewing angle is embarrassing. See the comparison here:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3246&p=7
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3246&p=7
Well, when it comes to PCs, they need stuff like 3GB to run Vista the way it should (I have 2GB on my PC, and Vista's screaming for more). I'm referring to Oppenheimer's statement that Apple will release "state-of-the-art products at pricepoints our competitors can’t match." Specifications (like processor and memory) shouldn't even be mentioned when comparing PCs and Macs. These are different operating systems that have different needs. However, if you mention standard HDD size and standard optical drives (and weight), then Apple is being beat. I'm excited to see what "these products that competitors can't match" turn out to be or have.
I have been a PC user ALL my life, and I just sold my PC and I plan on getting the new macbook. The way I see it. $1300 Windows laptop will be better than a $1300 Macbook in a few ways. But you are paying for the OS and software it comes with. Also all of it is made by Apple, so you get one company to deal with instead of 5.
Not saying Macs are better, nor PC's. It is all preference, I personally plan to build a PC again in the next month. I just am getting rid of my outdated gaming rig an picking up the new mac so I can be cool for a week with the latest/greatest.
I think it will, apart from 4lbs. It'd be a big drop and get dangerously close to the Air - unless the latter also shed some weight, which I don't think is really possible right now.
I didn't now about the latter, interesting. But that would make the only difference (between comparable GPUs) the way they're fastened to the motherboard? Still, I think that dedicated graphics' RAM matters most - faster access and more RAM for OS and apps.
hope we see pics soon
i knowwww!! im about to die from excitement!!! i.. need .. pics....
MacBook Air - 3 lbs
MacBook - 4 lbs
MacBook Pro - 5 lbs
The way it supposed to be.
Try running Vista on a 1.86 Ghz Celeron with 512 RAM...
Welcome to my world...
I fianally got to use one of the new iMacs today (my mom got one yesterday!) amd now i know what people mean when they say Macs need barely any RAM. I joked with her that my computer will be twice as powerful and she nearly took it back, but I said to her something that iMacmatician said to me... "If you keep waiting for the next best thing you will always be waiting." But she may if they also release iMacs on the 14th. If they do do that, they will only leave software and maybe the new iTablet for MWSF '09.
Macbook is already here but noone has talked about the iMac......Oh well... at least I get what I want. Sorry mom!
It depends on a lot of things. But that's not impossible, since every nvidia desktop motherboard supports ati cards, and ati mobos support nvidia cards. Not SLI or XFire though.
But since we're talking about laptops, everything will be done with the same brand.
MacBook Air - 3lbs
MacBook - 4lbs
MacBook Pro - 5lb
The way it supposed to be.
As much as I like the idea - would half the difference in weight justify Air's price? Because for me - and I suppose for many people - Air's worth lies in its lightness (while it's remaining a notebook and not a netbook). ~1.8 kg is still out of my self-imposed limit, but it'd make me consider a MB if MBA kept its price and weight.
Also I don't see much room for weight decrease in MB, if they don't downgrade it. The only things that can get lighter are the casing and the battery. LED screens use less power, so the battery could get smaller (although I suppose most people would prefer longer battery life), but even this, combined with aluminium casing, wouldn't make it a whole pound lighter.
EDIT: also if those new chipsets were as power-efficient as everything else by NVIDIA, it'd eat away the energy savings from LED screen.
The 790gx and some 780g ati boards do + they can do cross fire with the IGP + a add in card.
I think I'll wait to purchase a new macbook then. I was going to go get a new one today till I read about this. Thanks
Apple could make the MacBook Air smaller while keeping it at the same thinness it currently has. The MacBook Air could be 12" (just like the 12" PowerBook G4) instead of 13". That should justify the price more.
And then I'd have to buy a refurbished Air because 12" is too small for me. Unless it was exactly like PowerBooks, meaning 4:3. Sometimes I feel like you're conspiring against me. What's wrong with a nice 13" notebook that weighs relatively little?
The longer this thread grows, the more I feel Montevina's coming...
The longer this thread grows, the more I feel custom Nvidia chip-sets with Intel processors are coming.
With this we might be able to guage whether the October 14th date might be true.
Announcement of the October 14th event could be on October 7th.
NVIDIA chipsets usually suck in terms of reliability and driver bugginess, despite the fact that their integrated GPU is less crappy than the Intel X4500. I wonder if it is worth the switch for Apple, especially at the risk of pissing off Intel.
Hmm. I'm not convinced. I'd far rather have an Intel chipset with a proper ATI graphics card.
Suspect I might be keeping my Rev A MBP a bit longer...
Suspect I might be keeping my Rev A MBP a bit longer...